Put the correct forms of these verbs and the linkers in

Put the correct forms of these verbs and the linkers in the gaps to complete each

sentence.


arrive both and begin and

rise as a result of cause in other words send so

change due to the fact that solve such as go down in addition

understand yet grow as well as



1. I hope that by the end of the century, governments of the world ________________ many

problems we have in the present day, ________________ pollution and poverty.

2. It's difficult to make predictions about the future, ________________ so many things

________________ . How can we know what the future will be like?

3. Hurry up! _____________ Tina _____________ Emma ________________ by now. We don't

want to be the last ones to get there.

4. I'm sure Susan ________________ us the information already, ________________ we should

look at our email.

5. By next week the European Championship ________________, ________________ it promises

to be a very exciting event for all the spectators.
6. By the year 2050, life expectancy ________________ considerably, ________________

improved health care.

7. I'm sure you ________________ the problem by now ________________ I still see a few

people with confused expressions on their faces.

8. I can't wait to see my sister in London, ______________ her children. They ______________

so much since I last saw them.

9. I predict that prices ________________ by the end of the year. ________________ I feel that

wages will steadily increase.

10. I'm sure that without adequate measures, toxic waste ________________ enormous problems

by the end of the century. ________________ government intervention is vital if we want to

live in a less polluted world.